One of the most fascinating inventions that has ever been used to mine for gold is the bucket line dredge. Ever since the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California, men have been using a variety of methods to extract gold from the ground. They'll find shark teeth and they can come and enjoy our historical site," he added.Gold mining in the United States is just a shadow of what it used to be.
They can come out and I guarantee they'll find gold. And they can stay the weekend with us in our cabins or our tent sites and just have a good time. "And while they're here, they can enjoy the outdoors and have fun panning for gold. "Me and Dad, we want to bring people in and educate them and teach them," Ross explained. Tim's son, Ross, runs the campsite which also has areas to pan for gold and fossils. Treasure Hunters Campground on the land for visitors to step onto this rare piece of history. So, you can still look in and you can see the old timber as it was back in the day.īut, we've got a new timber supporting everything," he added. We're putting it back new from the bottom up right beside the old timber. It's real fine gold - a lot of work - but there's gold there, still in the ship," Tim Fisher explained. "We'll clean out 10 feet of the ship, get the pay dirt out, which does have quite a bit of gold in it.
SEE ALSO | Nash County father, son discover 100-year-old ship buried on land Since the discovery, the Fishers and volunteers have spent years meticulously excavating the boat. It turns out, it was the 94-foot-long vessel, The Robinson Gold Dredge, which was used in the early 1900s during the gold rush in the eastern part of the state. Tim and Ross Fisher bought the seventeen acres of swampland outside Nashville almost a decade ago because it was the site of a former gold mine.ĪBC11 first visited the Fishers in 2019 after a drought exposed part of the wooden boat buried in the mud. (WTVD) - The Nash County father and son who uncovered a ship built more than 100 years ago buried on their land have now rebuilt a portion of it for visitors. The Nash County father and son who uncovered a ship built more than 100 years ago buried on their land have now rebuilt a portion of it for visitors.
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